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Is "forge" a well known term in this context? What does it mean exactly? A web based git host that adds collaboration features like issues and pull requests? Se

Is "forge" a well known term in this context? What does it mean exactly? A web based git host that adds collaboration features like issues and pull requests? Seems like that from the context but I've not seen the term before.

piotr-yuxuan 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software)
- dstaley 8y ago
  This article has no citations for the history/use of the term. It was largely written by a single editor over a decade ago.
  - stronglikedan 8y ago
    > over a decade ago If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Also: https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/What-is-a-software-forge https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/What...
    - stefan_ 8y ago
      That's exactly the kind of article that gets written from a page on Wikipedia.
      - dstaley 8y ago
        Furthermore the "definition" they provide is something they came up with; a Google search for portions of the definition only returns results for the article itself.
        stronglikedan 8y ago
        Then your Google isn't my Google. If the definition is used on sr.ht[0], then it's pretty much galvanized. Not to mention that I've heard it used that very way over the decades that I've been in software development. [0] https://meta.sr.ht https://meta.sr.ht
  - fouc 8y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18458908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18458908 people are using the term 3 months ago
__david__ 8y ago
Probably a reference to the granddaddy of these kind of sites, Source Forge.
pacbard 8y ago
Isn't that the beauty of language? Communicate meaning through words. I agree that the word "forge" might not be defined as "a source host that adds collaboration features like issues and pull requests", however you have to admit that the word captures that meaning fairly well. What other word could be used to communicate the same meaning? Hub? Bucket? Lab? Hut? It could very well be a nod to SourceForge, but the idea of a software forge captures well, in my opinion, the kind of services that those websites offer.

piotr-yuxuan 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software)

dstaley 8y ago
This article has no citations for the history/use of the term. It was largely written by a single editor over a decade ago.
- stronglikedan 8y ago
  > over a decade ago If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Also: https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/What-is-a-software-forge https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/What...
  - stefan_ 8y ago
    That's exactly the kind of article that gets written from a page on Wikipedia.
    - dstaley 8y ago
      Furthermore the "definition" they provide is something they came up with; a Google search for portions of the definition only returns results for the article itself.
      - stronglikedan 8y ago
        Then your Google isn't my Google. If the definition is used on sr.ht[0], then it's pretty much galvanized. Not to mention that I've heard it used that very way over the decades that I've been in software development. [0] https://meta.sr.ht https://meta.sr.ht
- fouc 8y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18458908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18458908 people are using the term 3 months ago

__david__ 8y ago

Probably a reference to the granddaddy of these kind of sites, Source Forge.

pacbard 8y ago

Isn't that the beauty of language? Communicate meaning through words. I agree that the word "forge" might not be defined as "a source host that adds collaboration features like issues and pull requests", however you have to admit that the word captures that meaning fairly well. What other word could be used to communicate the same meaning? Hub? Bucket? Lab? Hut? It could very well be a nod to SourceForge, but the idea of a software forge captures well, in my opinion, the kind of services that those websites offer.